Ruffles keep creeping into my knitting. LaLa's Simple Shawl is pretty with a garter ruffle. I used the Russian Bind off to bind off in pattern on Rose Becks And So Are You Shawl. There is a video on the show blog to demonstrate. Reviews of Green Mountain Spinnery Simply Fine wool/kid mohair blend and their new book 99 Yarns and Counting. Leave a comment on the show blog to enter a drawing for a skein of Simply Fine.

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I invited visitors from The Dutch Pipes and Drums to dinner. Found out he had recently been knighted. That's why a knight came to dinner that day.

Kate wore a shawl to market...you can knit one. There is a Ravelry group all about it: Kate's Shawl and All. Leave a comment on the show blog to enter a drawing for patterns donated by Wee Sandy and Esther Budd.